Sr Technical Solutions (Backline)
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
P-1529
At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer-obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to tackle technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines.
And we're only getting started.
As a Backline Technical Solutions Engineer, you will help our customers succeed with the Databricks Platform by resolving critical technical customer escalations and working closely with the frontline support team. You will be the technical bridge between support and engineering and the first line of defence for engineering. You will ensure that all issues are vetted by you before they reach the engineering team. You will report to the Backline Engineering Team Manager.
The impact you will have:
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues related to the Databricks Platform by analysing the core component metrics and logs.
- Provide suggestions and best-practice guidance to improve performance in customer-specific environments and to provide product improvement feedback.
- Help the support team with detailed troubleshooting guides and runbooks.
- Contribute to automation and tooling initiatives to streamline daily troubleshooting.
- Partner with the engineering team and spread awareness of upcoming features and releases.
- Identify and contribute supportability features back into the product.
- Demonstrate ownership and coordinate with engineering and escalation teams to resolve customer issues and requests.
- Participate in weekend and weekday on-call rotation.
What we look for:
- 7+ years of industry experience
- Experience with supporting Java, Scala or Python-based applications.
- Expert in scripting using Python or Shell.
- Comfortable with black box troubleshooting.
- Experience in troubleshooting issues related to the "Distributed Big Data Computing" environment.
- Experience with SQL-based database systems.
- Experience in Linux and network troubleshooting is required.
- Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP related services.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required
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About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
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Linux
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Unity
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The team: Support HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 16 open in Support. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Databricks (16 of 16), Unity (16 of 16), AWS (11 of 16), Azure (11 of 16), GCP (11 of 16), Python (9 of 16), Spark (9 of 16)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Production Engineer - Realtime Products posted Oct 7
- Sr. Designated Support Engineer, Apache Spark™ posted Sep 17
- Manager, Technical Solutions Spark posted Sep 2
- Sr Platform Monitoring Engineer posted Aug 26
- Sr. Technical Solutions Engineer - Platform (Support) posted Aug 20
- Staff Software Engineer- CXI posted Jul 15
- Sr. Manager – Data & AI Support Engineering posted Jun 4
- Sr Software Engineer- Customer Experience Intelligence (CXI) posted Mar 5
- Staff Software Engineer – Customer Experience Intelligence (CXI) posted Feb 25
- Senior Manager - Technical Solutions (Big Data / AI) posted Feb 18
- Sr. Designated Support Engineer, Apache Spark™ posted Aug 19
- Staff Technical Solutions Engineer (Platform) posted Mar 8
- Staff Backline Engineer – ML/AI posted Feb 20
- Senior ML & AI Technical Solutions Engineer posted Feb 5
- Senior Technical Solutions Engineer (Platform) posted Feb 5
From the team and dates on Databricks's own job board.
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